The Surgeon, the Robot, and the Stapler: Comparison of Stapling Strategies During Robotic Lobectomy.

John F Lazar¹, I-Wen Pan², Abbas Abbas³, Richard Lazzaro⁴, Inderpal Sarkaria⁵, Laurence Spier⁶, Sudish Murthy⁷

¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Nashville Campus, TN, USA.

²Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Medtronic plc, Mounds View, MN, USA.

³Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

⁴Division of Thoracic Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, Long Branch, NJ, USA.

⁵University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

⁶New York University Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA.

⁷Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There are 2 methods for surgical stapling during robotic lobectomy (RL): handheld assistant-driven (HH) and robotic (RS) staplers. This study aims to compare the clinical and financial outcomes between these HH and RS approaches used in RL for lung cancer. METHODS: Between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022, patients who underwent elective RL for lung cancer were identified and ext…

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